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Public Organizations in the Age of Globalization and Technology

Chary, Meena - In: Public Organization Review 7 (2007) 2, pp. 181-189

conceptually analyzing the combined effect on globalization and communications technology. ICT has had the cumulative effect of …Both globalization and information and communications technologies (ICT) have been shown to be important factors in … centralizing control over certain functions. In other words, globalization and ICT, in conjunction with each other, have …

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The sociological perspective on the knowledge-based society: assumptions, facts and visions

Krings, Bettina-Johanna - In: Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies 2 (2006) 2, pp. 9-19

is the normative and virtual shift towards a concept of modernity, which strongly focuses on the role of technology as a …

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Understanding Productivity and Income Differentials Among OECD Countries: A Survey

Ark, Bart van - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS); The …

Productivity and income growth rates and differentials vary widely among OECD countries. In this chapter, Bart van Ark develops a framework for the understanding of these productivity and income differences. The framework breaks GDP per capita into two basic drivers: labour supply and labour...

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The Importance of Skills for Innovation and Productivity

Rao, Someshwar; Tang, Jianmin; Wang, Weimin - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 15-26

The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article, Someshwar Rao, Jianmin Tang and Weimin Wang of Industry Canada provide additional evidence of this relationship through a detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and...

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Lessons for Canada from the U.S. Growth Resurgence

Jorgenson, Dale W.; Ho, Mun S.; Stiroh, Kevin J. - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 3-18

the intermediate future. They point out that information technology investment reflects the overall momentum of the …

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Editor's Overview

Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2

The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...

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The Diffusion of ICTs and Growth of the French Economy over the Long-term, 1980-2000

Cette, Gilbert; Mairesse, Jacques; Kocoglu, Yusuf - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 27-38

French ICT sector. But they argue that having a large ICT-producing sector is not a necessary condition to obtain the full … benefits from ICT use and conclude that the ICT contribution to growth in France and other European countries could increase …

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Telecommunications Adoption Versus Adjustment Costs in an Era of Major Technological Change

Cooper, Russel J - Econometric Society - 2004

This study investigates interrelated factor demands for a multi-output technology (voice and data output) in the …

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ICT Stochastic Externalities and Growth: Missed Opportunities, Beyond Sustainability or What?

Maggi, Bernardo - Dipartimento di Scienze Statistiche, Facoltà di … - 2014

In this paper we present an analysis of the OECD production process and consider the ICT as driver of growth. In doing … theory such externalities are attributed to ICT. Business services are relevant as a vehicle to better exploit the innovative … on growth related to ICT. Our main conclusion is that even if a competitive solution is viable there are possible, though …

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Growth and Technology: The New Economy in the 2000's CEE Countries and Romania

Apostol, Diana Mihaela; Balaceanu, Cristina - In: International Journal of Academic Research in … 1 (2011) 2, pp. 46-55

We use a concept of the new economy based on ICT and the inherent internal capacity to change the production patterns … of producers. Thus, our results indicate that ICT is the main growth contributor (catching-up) of the years 2000 between … accumulation of capital and technology (CEE); large jumps and fluctuations of the technological factor probably reflect the …

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